By Kit Geary, Summit Daily
Restaurant owners Dick Carleton and Alexandra Storm have bowed out of the Breckenridge food scene after selling the Hearthstone Restaurant in January.
Carleton and Storm created the Hearthstone Restaurant in Breckeridge’s historic Kaiser Home in 1989, around eight years after Carleton began working for Storm at one of her other restaurants, Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant. Now, the two have passed the torch to Hearthstone’s new owners Kimberly and David Salmon.
The Salmons, a lawyer duo who raised their family in Florida, said they’ve been coming to Summit County for the last 25 years and moved to Breckenridge around 2022. Kimberly Salmon said they are “no strangers to Hearthstone,” and it’s been their go-to place to celebrate special occasions. Their son, Grant, currently works there as he attends the Colorado Mountain College culinary program.
The Salmons said they were drawn to the historic aspect of the Kaiser Home, which was occupied by the Kaiser family in the late 1800s and the early 1900s.
“People love going to that building and feeling like they’re in a different era,” David said. “It’s just a different, unique experience for people that come to Breckenridge. … It fits so well within the notion that this is a mining town.”
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